Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (144 Front Street, Melita)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator on Front Street in Melita was built in 1956 by United Grain Growers. An annex was added in 1965 and the complex was renovated in 1979.
Agents / Buyers
Period |
Agent / Buyer |
1914-1917 |
Edward Deacon |
1917-1918 |
T. S. Menary |
1918-1923 |
George Woods |
1923 |
Norman Saunders Fitch |
1924-1925 |
Theodore Dennison |
1925-1927 |
Robert G. “Bob” Henderson |
1927-1934 |
George H. Rutherford |
1934-1935 |
Elevator closed due to poor crops |
1935-1950 |
William Thomas Freeman (1906-1977) |
1950-1953 |
Gordon E. McLean |
1953-1969 |
? |
1969-1979 |
James L. “Jim” Vassart |
1979-1984 |
Kelly A. Wells |
Photos & Coordinates

Former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Melita (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus

Aerial view of the former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Melita (September 2020)
Source: George Penner
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.26839, W100.99218 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (81 Front Street, Melita)
Sources:
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 December 2020
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